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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

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Episode 81

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Noble Consort Ling, you disregarded proper etiquette and messed up the imperial harem.

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That's against your duty as a member of the harem.

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You also caused His Majesty to lust for women, tiring himself, and tainted his reputation.

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Sanbao, immediately lock up Noble Consort Ling and wait for His Majesty's final decision.

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Yes.

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You dare to? I am a Noble Consort that His Majesty personally conferred the title to!

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I am an empress that His Majesty personally conferred the title to!

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Greetings, Your Highness Empress.

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Say it.

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Your Highness Empress, His Majesty slept in Shouqing Hall for half a day then went to the boat again.

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Is it still Shui Linglong from a few days ago?

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Shui Linglong is in the boat.

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Also...her six sisters.

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I really couldn't endure the sight.

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I can't dare to hide this from you, hence, I came to report it.

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Six sisters.

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Who are in the boat serving him?

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It's Jinzhong who is accompanying him.

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Your Highness Empress, Shui Linglong came from the brothel.

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Although she only sells her talent and not her body, she still is from indecent background.

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The women around him are surely the same.

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This is so unheard of.

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This is the good thing you've caused.

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Looks like there's no need to lock you up anymore. Immediately execute her.

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How could you casually execute an imperial consort?!

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I am the noble consort of His Majesty, the mother of Fourth Princess!

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A person who messes the order in the palace should be executed, the more a person who corrupts the laws and discipline of the imperial court.

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Jingbao, go and inform His Majesty.

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Tell him that I'm going to implement palace rules and execute Noble Consort Ling

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to preserve his good reputation.

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Your Highness Empress, you're being too despotic.

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- Servant!

- Kneel!

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- Mistress...

- Who dares arrest me?

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Who dares to touch me?!

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Your Highness Empress, you clearly hates me for being favored,

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that's why, you're framing me and wants me to get executed!

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I frame you?

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You schemed me and forced Ling Yunche to die and caused Yongji to be the victim of an incident which led to his illness. This is a family affair.

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Now, you became so bold to disturb state affairs.

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Which among those did I falsely accuse you of?

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You are using state affairs as an excuse to slander me.

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This is using one's official power to seek personal revenge!

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Noble Consort Ling, don't you lose the proper manner of talking to Her Highness Empress.

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Your Highness Empress, have mercy.

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Mistress is wrong.

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She won't dare do it again! Please spare her life!

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You say she won't dare? Are you admitting her crimes in her behalf?

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Chunchan, no need to beg her!

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Your Highness Empress, what's important now is His Majesty.

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It's more important to make His Majesty distance himself from those brothel ladies.

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As for Noble Consort Ling, I think it's more appropriate to just lock her up and punish her once His Majesty and Empress Dowager are both informed.

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Wei Yanwan, remember this.

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Even if you have nine lives, it can't compare to the good name of His Majesty.

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Mistress...

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Hurry. Hurry and tell Wangchan to go see Princess Hejing.

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Yes.

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Princess Heqing...

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Princess Heqing, please save my Mistress.

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Noble Consort Ling has always been very capable. What did she do now?

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Her Highness Empress wants to execute my Mistress.

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Right now, she went to His Majesty's boat to cause trouble.

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I beg you to save my Mistress.

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Why?

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Empress says my mistress is colluding with exterior relations to endanger the imperial family.

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Hence, she can't tolerate my Mistress.

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She also is going to see His Majesty about this. Her Highness Empress left in a threatening manner. I fear that something grave will happen.

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Noble Consort Ling indeed deserves to die.

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She... But if Mistress dies,

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won't Her Highness Empress indeed become unrivaled?

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Our Mistress knows that you have always wanted to seek vengeance for Empress Xiaoxian.

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This is the best chance.

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Is Noble Consort Ling still breathing?

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I'm going there for the sake of Royal Father.

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- Your Highness Empress.

- Get lost.

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Lord, Her Highness Empress boarded the boat

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to seek His Majesty. I fear that problems might arise.

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Her Highness Empress seeking His Majesty is just right and proper.

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What problem can happen? Don't mind it.

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Yes.

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Your Highness Empress, if you go there like this. His Majesty will surely get mad.

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Your Highness Empress.

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Who dares to block Her Highness Empress?

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His Majesty is currently busy.

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Another one.

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Okay. Okay.

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All of you, guard outside. Don't come in.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Which imperial consort is this?

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You have such unusual bearing.

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Did you come to have fun with all of us?

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Unruly!

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In front of Her Highness Empress, how could you speak so casually?

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Empress, how come you are in the mood to come here?

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I heard Jin Zhong led Your Majesty to indulge here.

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The night is deep. I came to fetch Your Majesty to return to your chambers and rest.

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Empress, don't misunderstand.

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I just called for them to sing some folk songs,

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to try to understand the local cultures.

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No such thing as reluctant to stop enjoying the pleasures of life. Don't worry.

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Really?

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- Rongpei, take the ladies away.

- Yes.

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Also, Jinzhong has lapses in his duty. I'll leave him to you and Sanbao to punish.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty.

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If Empress tells you to leave, just leave.

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Ladies, let's go.

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Let go of me!

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Let go of me. I know how to walk.

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Quickly escort them back to the shore!

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Yes.

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Quickly! Keep up!

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Alright. She's gone.

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You can go back now.

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You still won't return to the traveling palace?

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I will go myself in a bit.

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You are angry with me.

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I am thinking, I had those cakes delivered to you.

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But it was still useless.

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I know what you want to say.

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I've spent all my life in the palace.

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Not a day goes by when I'm not strictly adhering by the rules and honoring decorum.

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Now, when I see a girl who's outside of the palace.

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So lively and interesting.

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So it aroused my interest but you had to come and mess it up.

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Mess it up to make it awkward for everyone and disregarding my pride altogether.

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I came to mess?

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It's precisely for the sake of your reputation and pride that led me here.

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That woman that went out just now.

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She has dragon embroidery on her clothing and daffodil on her hand.

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It was all approved by you?

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So what if it is?

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That woman is advertising it all over the capital so everyone knows.

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Everyone is discussing why His Majesty is playing with women of the brothel and the talks are ugly.

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She doesn't care about your reputation but you yourself won't either?

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Even if that's the case, I am the emperor.

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My nation is flourishing and I can't relax one bit?

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You did not indulge in such avarice and that's how you gained the stable nation.

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And your many campaigns are designed with goal of preserving a sage and well-reputed legacy akin to Late Emperor.

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For a momentary relaxation, you will ruin your decades of prominence. Is that worthwhile?

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As your central palace, I make my plea.

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Do not be stubborn. Cherish your health and spare your reputation.

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You are willing to beg me in the name of central palace.

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Then I will tell you in the name of emperor. Do not admonish me and do not slander me.

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You pressure me in all ways. You lack the merits of Empress Xiaoxian.

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You can't even compare to Noble Consort Ling's amenable gentleness.

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You have compared me multiple times to Empress Xiaoxian and I shall not air any complaint.

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As for Noble Consort Ling.

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She is reckless and unruly.

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Colluding with Jin Zhong to seduce you to indulge in lust.

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With no regard to your good reputation whatsoever.

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You find her amenable and gentle?

- Yes!

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And you compare her to me?

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Noble Consort Ling understands my feelings and she wants to make me happy!

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What about you?!

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You only know to ruin my happy mood. I want to reward her and encourage her!

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So what?

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What are you doing staring at me?

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The person before me is no longer the same person.

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We only disappoint each other.

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This way, girls.

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Miss Water Bell, I will escort the girls back to the inn.

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No need.

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These day they were lucky to serve His Majesty.

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Send them to the nearby Nian Temple.

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From now on,

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to be nuns to pray for His Majesty's blessings.

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I don't want to go.

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Shut up!

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You cannot enter the palace and you cannot serve anyone else either.

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So you must become nuns or you will die.

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Those who sent you here already thought of this.

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Though we sell our art, we are not brothel women who sell our bodies.

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Why must you be so forceful?

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You believe what you say?

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You damaged the royal health and harmed the royal reputation.

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Sparing your lives is already the mercy of Empress.

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What are you doing?

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Dragon image of the imperial family.

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You cannot use that on yourself.

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Take it off.

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Also, once you're in the Nian Temple, this daffodil flower on your hand shouldn't be kept either.

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You get rid of it yourself.

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Take them away.

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Jin Zhong.

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Where are you going?

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Where else could I go? Someone should send them to Nian.

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Stop there.

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By Empress's order, Jin Zhong with demonic motive of causing delusion to His Majesty is to be cast death immediately.

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You dare to?!

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Take him down.

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Your Majesty. Your Majesty, save me.

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Mistress Ling.

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Mistress Ling, save me. Empress wants to kill me.

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Who dares to touch Jin Zhong?

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Empress's order. We can't have Jin Zhong's life on that?

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Jin Zhong's life or death isn't up to Empress.

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What's the ruckus?

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Since Noble Consort Ling wishes to preserve the person, then let's settle this after a postponement.

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Yes.

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Save his servant's life so we can ask him clearly later.

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Yes.

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Find a place to lock him up first.

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Mistress Ling.

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Princess.

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There are more important matters.

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Wangchan.

- Here.

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Take Jin Zhong down.

- Yes.

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These years, you have not lived in happiness. You have been disobedient to me.

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Now the way you look at me is full of despair too.

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I really want to know. Do you treat me so coldly,

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from the time you had Ling Yunche in your heart or was it after his death?

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Your Majesty.

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All my life, I've only been true and devoted to one man, and that is you.

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Regrettably you are no longer the 4th prince, Hongli of then.

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Hongli and I had the most beautiful past.

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I also felt that based on

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us having accompanied each other since youth, we could overcome all dangers and trials of the palace.

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But I see it clearly now.

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No matter how deep our love, they are exhausted by your suspicion and our frustration for each other.

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Then are you the same Qingying from before?

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My Qingying wouldn't be like you now.

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My Qingying was my soulmate who understood me and considered me.

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Look at you now. No image of Qingying whatsoever.

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I even think you're not even the same person.

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Yes. Qingying is long gone.

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Now the empress sitting at the empress seat is truly too tired and worn out.

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Empress, based on what do you claim to be tired and worn out?

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You are my personally promoted empress and I allow you to be the mother of the nation. What more do you want?

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So many things, you could just close one eye on.

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But you must make it a big deal.

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You said I claim you to be less than Empress Xiaoxian.

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It's true. You are inferior to her.

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If Empress Xiaoxian were here, she would certainly not be like you now!

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Did I want to be this empress?

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If you want to mention Empress Xiaoxian, then I want to say this.

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Empress Xiaoxian while alive as central palace, there was nothing to complain about her.

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She went along with you on all matters and never disobeyed.

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But you still found her dissatisfatory.

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So she could never feel assured. It was only after she died,

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that you suddenly yearned for her with full devotion.

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How much of that is really actually true?

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Or you want others to feel that you're a devoted and loyal man?

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You!

- Not just Empress Xiaoxian.

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In this palace, which woman can truly be at ease by you?

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Even if it's Concubine Rong. You once were so infatuated with her. Do you really cherish her with sincerity?

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You just want to see your own image through your daffodil you love. You only love yourself!

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Pompous!

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I am always standing in the high place alone.

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I have to govern the nation toiling day and night.

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The entire harem. If I don't cherish myself who will?

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Everyone only schemed and calculates from me. Who is truly true to me?

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Indeed the indefinite calculations and schemes of the palace tires a person out.

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But can't be that you don't know all were caused by you?

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You played no schemes among these?

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Consort Shu truly loved you.

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But starting from the beginning you gave her fake conception potions to prevent her from pregnancy.

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Until 10th prince suffered in health and died early.

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Consort Shu followed suit and killed herself out of despair.

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Noble Consort Chun.

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She truly sincerely devoted herself to preserve your child.

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But only over one bead flower,

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you never stopped your suspicions on Noble Consort Chun.

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And it was due to your obsession for Concubine Rong later,

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that Yongzhang and Noble Consort Chun's lives were halted.

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And me.

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I have accompanied you all the way until now.

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I never schemed or calculated against you.

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But you always suspected of me and Ling Yunche.

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You thought we had an affair.

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You tormented Ling Yunche nonstop and you shamed me nonstop as well.

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Do you even have an ounce of trust for me left?

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But all these were results of your own suspicion.

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Innocence. I am tired of saying that.

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You dare to mention him?

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Yongji is your son and he himself saw you hugging Ling Yunche so what more do you want me to do?

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I didn't kill him and preserved your empress seat. That is already paying enough respect to your reputation.

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You kept respect to my reputation?

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You were keeping respect to your own reputation.

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You have so many excuses.

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But you're the tyrant who lacks devotion to others and self-devoted only with an inferiority complex.

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You're the one with too much suspicion.

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Pompous!

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You...

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You belittle your emperor and lost your place as subject and wife.

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Seeing how wild you are, I should depose you instead.

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I don't need you to depose me.

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I am sick and tired of being this empress of yours.

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I don't want to endure it anymore.

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What are you doing?

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Ruyi.

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You and I once knotted our hairs together as husband and wife.

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Now I cut my hair to end it.

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For Qingying and Hongli who are gone.

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Ruyi.

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You've gone mad.

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Princess. Noble Consort.

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What's going on?

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I fear something big has happened.

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Royal Father. What's wrong with Royal Mother.

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Empress has gone mad. Right in front of me,

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she committed such defying act as cutting her hair.

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Cutting hair?

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Your Majesty, our Manchu people can only cut hair for mournings.

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You are still alive. How can Empress commit such grave defiant act?

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Jinbao.

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Your servant is here.

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Send my words. Empress cannot meet the heavy duty of central palace.

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First thing tomorrow, order Fulongan to escort her back to the palace for treatment.

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She is not to leave Yikun Palace half a step without my permission.

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Noble Consort Ling is to promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, managing the harem.

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Yes.

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Thank you for your grace.

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You all leave now.

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I want to have quietness.

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I take my leave.

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I take my leave.

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Hurry. Hurry.

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Wait. Wait.

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Greetings to Concubine Ying and Rong from Fulongan.

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Allow me and Concubine Rong to speak a few words to Empress.

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This --

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You are the husband of Princess Hejia.

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You are son-in-law of Imperial Noble Consort Chun.

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Who went to save Imperial Noble Consort Chun despite the rain?

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Empress.

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How is this happening?

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In the end, it is this?

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You must take care of yourselves. Don't let me affect you.

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Empress, you're returning to the palace.

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I have dispatched someone to tell 5th prince and Consort Yu at the palace.

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So they can be on the watch out.

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Thank you.

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Your Highnesses, it's getting late. We must go.

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Empress held a breakfast banquet in the morning but by night time she contracted mad disease?

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You think everyone in the palace is a fool?

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Empress has never lost any merits but you send her back to her palace suddenly.

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What will others think?

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I have already given her face.

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I said she went back to the palace to treat her ailment.

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I have escorted you to Jiangzhe for patrol of nation as well as for rejuvenation.

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I did not expect Empress to display such madness.

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To cut her own hair before me.

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I could only send her back to the palace.

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If Empress's actions should become crooked again,

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I

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will depose her from Empress seat.

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Empress must have done so for a reason.

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Your nightly leisure on the lake. I don't mention it.

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But you really think I am not aware?

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They have been sent away already.

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I hear they all became nuns.

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Must she force all these feeble women,

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to that extent? She is too much.

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Empress is merciful that she spared their lives.

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If it were me, I would kill them and hang their corpses on the fortress wall.

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To stop the people's mouths!

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Mother.

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Royal Mother. You call me that daily.

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But to call me just mother.

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I have not heard it in so long.

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To me, you are always my mother.

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With these words of yours,

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I dare to speak then.

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Emperor, you really wish to depose the empress?

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Deposing the empress is a act against virtues and a gesture to court the ominous omen of a nation.

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Like Emperor Shunzhi's life.

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What people loved to talk about isn't his sole pampering of Donggo Empress.

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But his deposing of the first empress from Borjigit clan.

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Great Qing's hundred year in founding. That was the only deposing of empress incident.

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Emperor, you must not repeat the same as Emperor Shunzhi.

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It was Empress who lost virtue. It is not me.

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Empress was defiant and in discord with me.

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And she committed a grave national taboo.

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Of cutting her own hair. This is beyond what I can endure.

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Manchurians cut their hair for national mourning or husband mourning.

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Empress is from a big family.

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She did indeed act beyond measure.

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But why did she? Have you thought of it?

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Emperor. You forced Empress too far.

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Empress is so wild. How can I endure it?

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Husband and wife should be one body.

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If you depose the empress, the people would feel unstable.

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And now with your gossips of leisure on the lake.

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To depose the empress now?

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What will the world --

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I was lured by Jin Zhong on the lake leisure incident.

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I was reckless. I acknowledge my wrong.

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I already told Imperial Noble Consort to handle Jin Zhong.

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Since Jin Zhong's wrong is punished, it means Empress is crimeless.

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When a commoner divorces his wife, he needs seven reasons.

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How will you report to the world your reason for deposing the empress?

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Deposing the empress is an act against virtue.

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The subjects and the people are talking.

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You're the emperor, so you must shun from that.

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Since before you disliked Ruyi.

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When I wanted to make her the empress, you disagreed.

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But now I want to depose her and you won't approve?

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I did indeed dislike Ruyi before.

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But it was because of her aunt, Empress in Jingren Palace.

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That year, I disagreed with naming Ruyi as empress.

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Because of you.

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Now, I disagree with deposing her as empress.

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It's also for your sake.

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That year you insisted on making Ruyi your empress.

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But now, why won't you cherish it?

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You don't care about others gossiping.

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Saying you

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depose her because of your lust?

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It was Ruyi who changed. Not me.

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Even so, your fondness for accompanying each other.

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You disregard that as well?

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It's not that I disregard.

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It's that Empress's words and actions are improper. She does not speak or act like a national mother.

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Emperor. You and Empress each won't make allowance for each other.

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It is because you care about each other too much.

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Because you care, you want to depose her.

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Emperor, do you think that's so worth it?

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And even if you depose Ula-Nara, who can be the step empress?

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Can't be the imperial noble consort.

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Emperor. If you want the best empress and the best wife.

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No one is like Empress Xiaoxian.

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But if you want someone like a servant, you have lots in your palace.

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I fear if you really depose Ruyi,

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you will regret it. You will discover your care of her.

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That will be too late though.

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It will be irrevocable.

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Mistress Ling, you're finally here.

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You must save me.

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Of course.

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By the way, you were locked up a night so you must be hungry.

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Do you want to eat something?

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No, no.

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Getting out is more urgent. What's the status?

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Eunuch Jin Zhong, His Majesty already chased Empress back to the palace.

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Now our mistress is already Imperial Noble Consort who manages the harem.

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Imperial Noble Consort?

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Imperial Noble Consort is great.

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His Majesty intends to depose the empress then.

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I will escort your hand to the treasured seat of the central palace.

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I will become empress naturally.

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Let's go.

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Imperial Noble Consort.

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Let's go.

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Imperial Noble Consort.

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Imperial Noble Consort.

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Mistres Ling, you're so good.

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I'll --

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Wangchan. What are you doing?

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Mistress Ling. Mistress Ling.

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We don't dare to do anything.

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His Majesty wants you dead.

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I am just carrying out his order.

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Mistress Ling, you have to beg His Majesty to save me.

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Why should I do that?

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I want you dead more than anyone else.

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You ingrate. I will come after you as a ghost.

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Then be a successful ghost.

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Let go of me.

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You all won't have a good ending.

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You will all die wretchedly.

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You're the one who will die. I will live well.

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You will die wretchedly.

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Wangchan, spread the word.

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His Majesty got closed to the parlor women all due to Jin Zhong's doing.

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I am only carrying out the order to remove this harmful being that lured the emperor.

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Yes.

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Mistress, don't panic. Empress should be here soon.

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Greetings to Empress.

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Rongpei.

- I'm here.

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Go straight into the palace.

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Yes.

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Sister.

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Sister.

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Consort Yu.

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Empress has been confined to her palace. You better not go in.

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How is Yikun Palace so desolate?

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How can the interior bureau treat you this way?

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His Majesty hasn't deposed you but they are in such a rush?

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Light the lanterns.

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Yes.

- Yes.

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♫ Being your favorite and being forgotten both are argued in my heart, at a loss to arrive at an explanation. ♫

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♫ You bear witness to constant changes in my well-being, my sorrows and my joys, the path of my dreams forever cut off. ♫

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♫ You draw my hand to embroider all alone in my loneliness, silken clothes pile up under the moonlight. ♫

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♫ Telling myself they might be used for warmth, but who would dare? ♫

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♫ Whose life after life is filled with paired images of love and resentment? ♫

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♫ One side is beautiful, the other expressionless and silent. ♫

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♫ From a distance, visits come around without word of your approach, ♫

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♫ filling time between acts perhaps? ♫

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♫ Feelings fracture, forgive and wistfully anticipate, forgetting they’re part of the paired image, ♫

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♫ One day in cold indifference, the next in warm recollection. ♫

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♫ If only we might perpetually walk in the brilliant sunlight ♫

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♫ This lifetime has been so dismally overcast. ♫

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♫ From now on, this lifetime will be... ♫

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♫ without clouds. ♫